From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 15:51:52 -0800, Bobbie Sellers   
    wrote:   
      
   >   
   >   
   >On 1/10/26 09:12, Paul S Person wrote:   
   >> On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 17:16:42 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James   
   >> Nicoll) wrote:   
   >>    
   >>> In article <10jr3pf$fj7$1@panix2.panix.com>,   
   >>> Scott Dorsey  wrote:   
   >>>> James Nicoll  wrote:   
   >>>>> James Nicoll  wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I suddenly wonder how my brother keeps his goats off his solar   
   >>>>>> panels. Goats love to climb.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Asked and yeah, goats will if possible clamper onto any array that   
   >>>>> offers foot holds. Esp young goats.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I can't believe goats won't eat major parts of solar panels and systems.   
   >>>> They ate my friend's toyota.   
   >>>   
   >>> My brother didn't mention that as a problem but I do remember a goat   
   >>> I had as a kid occasionally ripping fur off the St Bernard to see if   
   >>> it was edible. And once, eating the shift off another brother while he   
   >>> slept.   
   >>    
   >> Goats in cartoons, of course, are infamous for eating tin cans. Among   
   >> other unlikely things.   
   >   
   >	Not the cans but the labels from the cans.   
      
   I'm pretty sure I've seen cartoons with goats eating cans.   
      
   The reality may be as you say.   
      
   >> Since most kids (I should think) see those cartoons, it can be (I   
   >> would think) hard to distinguish cartoon goat behavior from real goat   
   >> behavior. I certainly have no direct knowledge of real goats in   
   >> proximity to tin cans.   
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